The man who was killed in a workplace accident Friday afternoon at Port San Antonio has been identified as 72-year-old David Monroe.

Monroe was a prolific inventor credited with creating the cellphone camera and founding the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT).

Police and firefighters responded to a call at the Boeing Center at Tech Port at 4:30 p.m. Friday, where SAMSAT is located, after reports that a large piece of equipment, described by officials as possibly a jet engine, had fallen on a man. Firefighters declared Monroe dead at the scene near a loading dock, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.

Port San Antonio on Saturday confirmed Monroe’s identity in a statement remembering him as a visionary who left a mark on the local and global technology indu

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